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Where to find Great Blue Heron in December
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Blue Heron in December. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	160	170	94.1%	89.5%
2			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	230	257	89.5%	85.1%
3			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	81	90	90.0%	82.1%
4			Bond Park	2.7	114	133	85.7%	78.8%
5			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	413	506	81.6%	78.0%
6			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	20	21	95.2%	77.3%
7			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	13	13	100.0%	77.2%
8			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	94	111	84.7%	76.8%
9			Shelley Lake	8.1	130	156	83.3%	76.7%
10			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	53	62	85.5%	74.7%
11			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	66	81	81.5%	71.7%
12			Lake Benson	11.9	97	122	79.5%	71.5%
13			Apex Community Park	3.7	83	105	79.0%	70.3%
14			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	99	127	78.0%	70.0%
15			Lake Raleigh	6.0	78	106	73.6%	64.5%
16			Lake Betz	7.3	163	234	69.7%	63.5%
17			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	182	263	69.2%	63.4%
18			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
19			Town Lake Park	23.4	21	26	80.8%	62.1%
20			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	35	46	76.1%	62.1%
21			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	36	48	75.0%	61.2%
22			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	76	109	69.7%	60.5%
23			Lake Lynn	7.7	122	181	67.4%	60.3%
24			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	23	30	76.7%	59.1%
25			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	186	293	63.5%	57.8%
26			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	151	239	63.2%	56.9%
27			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
28			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	67	104	64.4%	54.9%
29			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	50	77	64.9%	53.8%
30			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	42	65	64.6%	52.5%
31			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	33	50	66.0%	52.2%
32			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	21	30	70.0%	52.1%
33			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
34			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
35			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	224	403	55.6%	50.7%
36			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	18	26	69.2%	50.0%
37			Lake Wheeler	8.2	33	52	63.5%	49.9%
38			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
39			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
40			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
41			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	76	133	57.1%	48.6%
42			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	126	229	55.0%	48.5%
43			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
44			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	30	49	61.2%	47.2%
45			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
46			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	42	73	57.5%	46.1%
47			Schenck Forest	3.6	80	153	52.3%	44.4%
48			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
49			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	19	31	61.3%	43.8%
50			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
51			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	23	39	59.0%	43.4%
52			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	26	45	57.8%	43.3%
53			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	17	28	60.7%	42.4%
54			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	20	34	58.8%	42.2%
55			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
56			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	182	393	46.3%	41.4%
57			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
58			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
59			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
60			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
61			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
62			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	38	77	49.4%	38.5%
63			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	19	35	54.3%	38.2%
64			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	38	78	48.7%	37.9%
65			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
66			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
67			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	21	41	51.2%	36.5%
68			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
69			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	131	319	41.1%	35.8%
70			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
71			Hoffman Lake	2.4	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
72			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	15	29	51.7%	34.4%
73			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	20	41	48.8%	34.3%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
75			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
76			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
77			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
78			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	72	182	39.6%	32.7%
79			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
80			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	21	48	43.8%	30.7%
81			Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)	15.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
82			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	12	25	48.0%	30.0%
83			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	31	77	40.3%	30.0%
84			Eden Lakes	23.7	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
85			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
86			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
87			Beaver Marsh	16.7	74	221	33.5%	27.6%
88			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
89			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
90			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	22	59	37.3%	26.1%
91			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
92			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	44	134	32.8%	25.5%
93			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	27	78	34.6%	25.0%
94			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
95			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
96			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
97			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
98			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
99			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
100			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
101			Little Creek Trail	15.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
102			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
103			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
104			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
105			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
106			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
107			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
108			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
109			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
110			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
111			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
112			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
113			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
114			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
115			South Point Mall Retention Pond	12.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
116			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	14	44	31.8%	20.0%
117			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	145	657	22.1%	19.1%
118			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
119			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
120			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
121			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	10	31	32.3%	18.6%
122			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	14	48	29.2%	18.2%
123			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
124			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
125			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	12	41	29.3%	17.6%
126			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
127			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	15	55	27.3%	17.3%
128			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
129			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
130			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
131			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
132			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
133			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
134			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
135			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
136			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
137			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
138			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
139			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
140			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
141			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	10	46	21.7%	12.3%
142			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
143			Coker Pinetum	16.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
144			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
145			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
146			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
147			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
148			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
149			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
150			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
151			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
152			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
153			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	16	104	15.4%	9.7%
154			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
155			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
156			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
157			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
158			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
159			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
160			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
161			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
162			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
163			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	12	76	15.8%	9.3%
164			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	5	24	20.8%	9.2%
165			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	6	34	17.6%	8.3%
166			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
167			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
168			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
169			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
170			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	11	83	13.3%	7.6%
171			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
172			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
173			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
174			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	8	60	13.3%	6.9%
175			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
176			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
177			Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
178			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
179			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
180			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
181			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
182			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
183			Williamson Preserve	19.2	6	50	12.0%	5.6%
184			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
185			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
186			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
187			Strickland Park	8.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
188			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
189			Fearrington Village	17.5	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
190			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
191			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
192			White Deer Park	11.6	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
193			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
194			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
195			Leesville Park	7.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
196			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
197			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
198			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
199			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
200			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
201			Briar Chapel WWT pond	19.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
202			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
203			Inwood Rd.	7.3	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
204			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
205			Falls Lake	15.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
206			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
207			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
208			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
209			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
210			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
211			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
212			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
213			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
214			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
215			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
216			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
217			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
218			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
219			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
220			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
221			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
222			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
223			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
224			17 Acre Woods	18.0	3	69	4.3%	1.5%
225			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
226			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	9	343	2.6%	1.4%
227			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
228			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
229			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
230			Ritter Park	4.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
231			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
232			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
233			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
234			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
235			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
236			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
237			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
238			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
239			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
240			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
241			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
242			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	2	97	2.1%	0.6%
243			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
244			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	227	0.4%	0.1%